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News Topical, Digital Desk : A court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has directed the Congress and four of its leaders to remove a deep fake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and businessman Gautam Adani from social media platforms.
What is the whole matter?
Hearing a civil defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited, the court of Additional Civil Judge Shrikant Sharma on Thursday directed the Congress and its four leaders Jairam Ramesh, Supriya Shrinate, Pawan Khera and Uday Bhanu Chib to remove the deep fake video from all social media platforms.
This video was posted on the Congress party's X handle on December 17. The video shows a conversation between PM Modi and Adani, with the caption, "Modi-Adani are brothers, they sold the country and made money."
court order
The court ordered that the video be removed within 48 hours from the date of the order and by the next hearing date on December 29. If the video is not removed even after this order, the court directed X Corp and Google to remove the video within 72 hours.
Allegations against Congress leaders
The petition filed by Adani Enterprises said that the Congress and four of its leaders uploaded, circulated and broadcast a deep fake video containing defamatory allegations on various social media channels, online platforms and digital communication mediums.
In this, the court was asked to direct the immediate removal of defamatory videos, posts and digital content from the websites, channels, platforms and social media handles of the leaders and to stop them from further circulating, publishing or republishing any similar defamatory material till the hearing of the application.
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